Re: U5 - Sarge with d-i rc2 netinstall failure

[Martin <inkubus@interalpha.co.uk>]

> I'm trying to get Sarge on a plain vanilla Ultra 5.
> 
> I'm using the RC2 release of the Debian-Installer Net-Install CD.
> 
> I end up with the following:
<snip>
>     Partition check:
>     hda:end_request: I/O error, dev 03:00 (hda), sector 0
>     end_request: I/O error, dev 03:00 (hda), sector 2
>     end_request: I/O error, dev 03:00 (hda), sector 4
>     end_request: I/O error, dev 03:00 (hda), sector 6
>     end_request: I/O error, dev 03:00 (hda), sector 8
>     end_request: I/O error, dev 03:00 (hda), sector 10
>     end_request: I/O error, dev 03:00 (hda), sector 12
>     end_request: I/O error, dev 03:00 (hda), sector 14
>     end_request: I/O error, dev 03:00 (hda), sector 0
>     end_request: I/O error, dev 03:00 (hda), sector 2
>     end_request: I/O error, dev 03:00 (hda), sector 4
>     end_request: I/O error, dev 03:00 (hda), sector 6
>     end_request: I/O error, dev 03:00 (hda), sector 8
>     end_request: I/O error, dev 03:00 (hda), sector 10
>     end_request: I/O error, dev 03:00 (hda), sector 12
>     end_request: I/O error, dev 03:00 (hda), sector 14
>     unable to read partition table
<snip>
> I've read hints of boot parameters involving devfs, but nothing real definitive on that.
> 
> Can anybody nudge me in the right direction?
Sounds to me like a dead disk.  Do you know for sure whether the disk
you have in the Ultra 5 works?  It might also be worth checking the
archives for info on the problems with the IDE chip on Ultra-5's.  IIRC
the chip is buggy and some combinations of DMA and ATA speeds cause evil
things to happen.

HTH

Cheers,
 - Martin

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Martin
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